[Courtney Nero]

Can't get enough Mr. T. Sharing this Stanley Turrentine solo, "Secret Love," played on Shirley Scott's "The Soul is Willing" album.

 

[Frank D]

You have a great sound, really rich. I dig Stanley too, I love the way he can draw so much color out of tunes usually thought of as "basic" like this one.

 

[A Greene]

Nice. Thanks for sharing. I met Stanley many years ago.

 

[Courtney Nero]

Should have thrown this in there...

Here is the original solo...

 

[bowtie]

Love me some Stanley Turrentine but haven't listened to much of him in a while. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[mrpeebee]

Can't get enough Mr. T. Sharing this Stanley Turrentine solo, "Secret Love," played on Shirley Scott's "The Soul is Willing" album.

Very nice job, well done and played with a good sound.

Funny to see how you hit the high G around 3:31, coming from the quick F and playing the G with the B finger. I normally hold the G on the quick F highest key only. Wondering why you slide down to the B key?

 

[Courtney Nero]

Very nice job, well done and played with a good sound.

Funny to see how you hit the high G around 3:31, coming from the quick F and playing the G with the B finger. I normally hold the G on the quick F highest key only. Wondering why you slide down to the B key?

Good question. I've been messing with altissimo and just in the past month really trying to make some progress with it. Playing the high G with the B key/Bb side key/F# key (just under the Bb key) speaks much better for me than using the quick F. Could very well be operator error that I simply haven't practiced enough with the quick F, which I've been doing just recently.

Any altissimo tips you have to share? I was just lamenting to a friend how poorly folks in the past have tried to explain altissimo to me..... I usually "it's all in the throat" [doesn't take me very far with a description like that] or "it just started working for me one day" [also not very helpful].

Bottom line ....as I acknowledge....I need to put the time in. I'm playing a Cannonball Vintage Reborn (love it!) with a Wanne-Pillinger Slant copy.

Thanks for the compliment and the question....

 

[mrpeebee]

Your key combination for the high G can work too and (for me) it sounds a bit cleaner than using the quick F key only (which can be played much more dirty), but it's often more difficult to get with your fingering if it's the first note of string or in some other combinations of notes (depending on the note you play just before the high G).

What I know is that playing the high G can work differently on different horns and that how easily the the high G with the quick F key only speaks depends a lot on the venting of your high F side key. You can find several threads on that on the forum. I had a Selmer SA80 tenor in the past (before 1995) and on that horn the quick F only high G did speak a lot more difficult compared to my current main horn (a Selmer SBA tenor from 1953).

It's of course also a matter of practicing and getting used to. The high G is one of the most difficult altissimo to play and it takes a strong embouchure/grip and the correct pressure on the reed to play it easily.